Violence Spirals Out of Control at ‘Occupy Oakland’ As Homeless People, Ex-Convicts, at Least One Sex Offender, Students & Anarchists Vie For Power

Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, October 21, 2011, 5:49 AM

Another stunning development… The violence at Occupy Oakland city camp has spiraled out of control as homeless people, ex-convicts, at least one registered sex offender, students, unemployed hotel workers, anarchists and far left activists vie for power.

On Monday a newscaster “got his fancy suitcoat torn by the camper’s dog.” The angry newscaster called the police, angering the Occupy crowd. When the police arrived they were ejected by a chanting mob.

Tension had been building for days in the Occupy Oakland camp before it erupted into violence Monday and Tuesday. When it finally did, Don Hughes, a substitute teacher and full-time tent resident of the camp, found himself amid a full-blown melee.

The next thing Hughes knew he was in a headlock, then he was being punched, and then he was on the ground as a large man began to choke him.

“This is a revolution, and we want it to be open to everybody,” said Hughes early Wednesday morning, “but this guy crossed too many lines.”

As dawn came Wednesday, the protest’s 10th day, an almost overwhelming sense of urgency was developing around the need to resolve internal security issues that have bedeviled residents and passers-by alike. The tent city that has sprung up on the steps of Oakland City Hall has attracted a diverse range of people, many with competing ideologies and world views. Homeless people, ex-convicts, at least one registered sex offender, students, unemployed hotel workers, anarchists and reform-minded activists freely mingle together in what amounts to a democracy free-for-all.

Sometimes, everyone appears to be on the same page. But the skein of civility has been frequently shattered as bullies, the mentally ill, drunks, thugs and anarchists have threatened the safety and well-being of the camp’s more peaceful residents. Occupy Oakland has grown out of demonstrations that began in a New York City park a month ago as a protest against what occupiers see as corporate greed.

Steve Matthews commented:

Auntie Em commented:

They had to know that the good people of the Patriot Movement (Tea Party) would not be caught dead among these non-Americans. They are going to have to start killing themselves in grand scale to get the desired result of martial law for obama.

It is a sickening display of human degradation, and WE will not be a part of this Middle Eastern type revolution. The thing that soros, obama and his ilk don’t seem to understand==>

AMERICA IS A NATION MADE UP OF STRONG FREE PEOPLE AND NOT ONE OF THOSE STRONG FREE PEOPLE ARE “OCCUPYING” OR “DESTROYING” ANYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY.

Millitant Conservative commented:

We’ll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

KR commented:

Larkin commented:

donh commented:

and the Cops just go home. So sad to see that helpless look on a Cop’s face… This is ” The Pleasure Dome ” of Love Under Law…>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lygcUNigntA ….Play this video in a second window as the Oakland Riot video plays. Note that the black face Jester who appears by the white media van at 1:20 mark is also in this Pleasure Dome video at the 2:12 mark. Know thy enemy.

Rhinestone Suderman commented:

Dave-O commented:

Bringing in the riot police with water cannons, billy clubs, tear gas, and the K-9 Units, while providing great entertainment, would only be doing these people a favor.

Just build a fence around the gathering and call it the “New Oakland Zoo” – that would be more appropriate.

But I say, let it go on for a while longer. Remove all police presence. Let these people have at each other. They are putting on a show right now for the entire world to see – let them have at it – for it is a spectacle that the majority of Americans won’t soon forget. If the President, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi want to tie themselves to this group – why should we stop them?

theBuckWheat commented:

Leftists must discover for themselves the same timeless wisdom that they rejected at the beginning of their protests. Their ideology prevents them from recognizing that greed is a constant, no matter how much altruism is part of the motive. But then again, it was Marx who sought to achieve the secular Utopia through his ideal “perfect socialist man”.

I would ask people to define the difference between “greed” and “self interest”. Even these protestors would seek to sell their own used car for the best price they could get.